System and method for offering bounties to a user in real-time

ABSTRACT

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a system and method for offering bounties to a user in real-time, comprising computing devices configured to establish communication with a server over a network; a content creation and bounties generation module configured to enable a user to access a bounty icon, and allow the user to access, select and trim the media tracks on the computing device, the content creation and bounties generation module configured to enable the user to create content by using the trimmed media tracks and allow to post the created content on the computing device, a user activities monitoring module configured to validate the user posted content and generates milestones to the user based on the user posted content, and the user activities, the user activities monitoring module configured to generate bounties to the user upon reaching one or more milestones.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This patent application claims priority benefit of U.S. ProvisionalPatent Application No. 63/177,959, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FORBOUNTY CREATION”, filed on 22 Apr. 2021. The entire contents of thepatent application are hereby incorporated by reference herein in itsentirety.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosed subject matter relates generally to providing bounties toa user based on their activities on a digital platform. Moreparticularly, the present disclosure relates to a system andcomputer-implemented method for offering bounties to a user inreal-time.

BACKGROUND

Social media portals are booming these days, and social media portalshave become a modern arena for human life, with billions of daily usersworldwide. One of the most common functionalities of these social mediaportals is connecting with friends, family members, co-workers, orpeople with similar interests to allow open communication and sharingamongst such connections. These social media portals enable users tolike, friend, follow, comment, or otherwise take some action with thecontent or accounts of others. Many social media platforms offer userrewards based on user activities. However, the users expect real moneyrewards and coupons for spending time on the social media platform andcreating the content on the social media platform.

In the light of the aforementioned discussion, there exists a need for acertain system and computer implemented method for offering bounties toa user in real-time with novel methodologies.

SUMMARY

The following invention presents a simplified summary of the disclosurein order to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary isnot an extensive overview of the disclosure and it does not identifykey/critical elements of the invention or delineate the scope of theinvention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed hereinin a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description thatis presented later.

An objective of the present disclosure is directed towards a system andcomputer implemented method for offering bounties to a user inreal-time.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsproviding bounties to the user based on their activities on a digitalplatform.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsproviding bounties on the media tracks.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards enablingthe user to access the media tracks for making videos.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsproviding bounties on multiple elements (for example, specific posts,hashtags, prompts, collabs, templates, films, transitions).

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsrepresenting the available bounties on the elements and the media tracksby a special icon or bounty icon.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsproviding specific bounties to the particular user based on multipleparameters (for example, the user location, a genre of videos of theuser).

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards allowingthe user to post unlimited posts (no limit).

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsproviding milestones to the user.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsproviding a leaderboard with a status of all activities associated withbounties.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towardsproviding bounties to the user based on the user activities, accessingicons, trimming media tracks, etc.

Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards allowingthe user to nominate their favorite creators for awards or bounties.

According to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, enabling theuser to request one or more media tracks on a computing device by acontent creation and bounties generation module.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,retrieving the one or more media tracks with bounties details by a useractivities monitoring module enabled in a server.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,delivering the one or more media tracks with the bounties details to thecomputing device from the server over a network, thereby displaying theone or more media tracks with the bounties details on the computingdevice by the content creation and bounties generation module.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to access the one or more media tracks on thecomputing device by the content creation and bounties generation module.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to select and trim the one or more media tracks by thecontent creation and bounties generation module.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to create content using the one or more trimmed mediatracks by the content creation and bounties generation module.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,validating the user created content by the user activities monitoringmodule enabled in the server.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to post the created content on the computing device bythe content creation and bounties generation module.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,generating one or more milestones to the user by the user activitiesmonitoring module based on the content posted by the user on thecomputing device.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,monitoring the one or more milestones of the user by the user activitiesmonitoring module.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,offering one or more bounties to the user upon reaching the one or moremilestones by the user activities monitoring module.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the following, numerous specific details are set forth to provide athorough description of various embodiments. Certain embodiments may bepracticed without these specific details or with some variations indetail. In some instances, certain features are described in less detailso as not to obscure other aspects. The level of detail associated witheach of the elements or features should not be construed to qualify thenovelty or importance of one feature over the others.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram depicting a schematic representation of asystem for offering bounties to a user in real-time, in accordance withone or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram depicting an embodiment of the contentcreation and bounties generation module 116 on the computing devices andthe user activities monitoring module 118 on the server as shown in FIG.1, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram depicting a method for offering bounties to auser in real-time, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a flow diagram depicting a method for accessing media tracksand posting the content, in accordance with one or more exemplaryembodiments.

FIG. 5 is a flow diagram depicting a method for generating milestonesand adding the user to winner slots of milestones, in accordance withone or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a flow diagram depicting a method for providing incentivizedseries to the user by an incentivized series providing module, inaccordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating the details of a digitalprocessing system in which various aspects of the present disclosure areoperative by execution of appropriate software instructions.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited in itsapplication to the details of construction and the arrangement ofcomponents set forth in the following description or illustrated in thedrawings. The present disclosure is capable of other embodiments and ofbeing practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is tobe understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is forthe purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

The use of “including”, “comprising” or “having” and variations thereofherein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalentsthereof as well as additional items. The terms “a” and “an” herein donot denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence ofat least one of the referenced item. Further, the use of terms “first”,“second”, and “third”, and so forth, herein do not denote any order,quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one elementfrom another.

Referring to FIG. 1 is a block diagram depicting a schematicrepresentation of a system for offering bounties to a user in real-time,in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments. The system 100includes a first computing device 102, a second computing device 104, anetwork 106, a server 108, a processor 110, a camera 112, a memory 114,a content creation and bounties generation module 116, a user activitiesmonitoring module 118, a database server 120, and a database 122.

The computing devices 102, 104 may include users' devices. The computingdevices 102, 104 may include, but is not limited to, a personal digitalassistant, smartphones, personal computers, a mobile station, computingtablets, a handheld device, an internet enabled calling device, aninternet enabled calling software, a telephone, a mobile phone, adigital processing system, and so forth. The computing devices 102, 104may include the processor 110 in communication with a memory 114. Theprocessor 110 may be a central processing unit or a graphics processingunit. The memory 114 is a combination of flash memory and random-accessmemory.

The computing devices 102, 104 may communicatively connect with theserver 108 over the network 106. The network 106 may include, but notlimited to, an Internet of things (IoT network devices), an Ethernet, awireless local area network (WLAN), or a wide area network (WAN), aBluetooth low energy network, a ZigBee network, a WIFI communicationnetwork e.g., the wireless high speed internet, or a combination ofnetworks, a cellular service such as a 4G (e.g., LTE, mobile WiMAX) or5G cellular data service, a RFID module, a NFC module, wired cables,such as the world-wide-web based Internet, or other types of networksmay include Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ordevice addresses (e.g. network-based MAC addresses, or those provided ina proprietary networking protocol, such as Modbus TCP, or by usingappropriate data feeds to obtain data from various web services,including retrieving XML data from an HTTP address, then traversing theXML for a particular node) and so forth without limiting the scope ofthe present disclosure. The network 106 may be configured to provideaccess to different types of users.

Although the first computing device 102 or second computing device 104is shown in FIG. 1, an embodiment of the system 100 may support anynumber of computing devices. The first computing device 102 or secondcomputing device 104 may be operated by the users. The users mayinclude, but not limited to, an individual, a client, an operator, acontent creator, and the like. The first computing device 102 or secondcomputing device 104 supported by the system 100 is realized as acomputer-implemented or computer-based device having the hardware orfirmware, software, and/or processing logic needed to carry out thecomputer-implemented methodologies described in more detail herein.

In accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the computing devices 102, 104 includes the camera 112 maybe configured to enable the user to record the multimedia content usingthe processor 110. The computing devices 102, 104 may include thecontent creation and bounties generation module 116 in the memory 114.The content creation and bounties generation 116 may be configured toenable the user to access the bounty icon and allow the access the mediatracks with bounties details. The content creation and bountiesgeneration module 116 may also be configured to create content by usingthe media tracks. The multimedia content may include, but not limited tovideos, short videos, looping videos, animated videos, and the like. Thecontent creation and bounties generation module 116 may be any suitableapplications downloaded from GOOGLE PLAY® (for Google Android devices),Apple Inc.'s APP STORE® (for Apple devices), or any other suitabledatabase. The content creation and bounties generation module 116 may bedesktop application which runs on Windows or Linux or any otheroperating system and may be downloaded from a webpage or a CD/USB sticketc. In some embodiments, the content creation and bounties generationmodule 116 may be software, firmware, or hardware that is integratedinto the computing devices 102, 104. The computing devices 102, 104 maypresent a web page to the user by way of a browser, wherein the webpagecomprises a hyper-link may direct the user to uniform resource locator(URL).

The server 108 may include the user activities monitoring module 118,the database server 120, the database 122. The user activitiesmonitoring module 118 may be configured to analyze the user createdcontent and provide milestones to the user. The user activitiesmonitoring module 118 may also be configured to offer the bounties tothe user based on the user posted content and the engagement of thatposted content. The bounties may include but not limited to virtualawards, cash, cryptocurrency, status, coupons, or other rewards, and thelike. The user activities monitoring module 118 may also be configuredto provide server-side functionality via the network 106 to one or moreusers. The database server 120 may be configured to access the one ormore databases. The database 122 may be configured to store the usercreated content and interactions between the modules of the contentcreation and bounties generation module 116 and the user activitiesmonitoring module 118.

In accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the content creation and bounties generation module 116 maybe configured to enable the user to request media tracks on thecomputing devices 102 or 104. The content creation and bountiesgeneration module 116 may be configured to allow the user to access themedia tracks on the computing devices 102, 104. The content creation andbounties generation module 116 may be configured to allow the user toselect and trim the media tracks. The content creation and bountiesgeneration module 116 may be configured to allow the user to create thecontent using the trimmed media tracks. The content creation andbounties generation module 116 may be configured to allow the user topost the created content.

Referring to FIG. 2 is a block diagram 200 depicting an embodiment ofthe content creation and bounties generation module 116 on the computingdevices and the user activities monitoring module 118 on the server asshown in FIG. 1, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.The content creation and bounties generation module 116 includes a bus201 a, user registration module 202, a user authentication module 204, auser profile module 206, a media track selection and trimming module208, a media content recording module 210, a media content editingmodule 212, a media content posting module 214, a media content sharingmodule 216, a user location tracking module 218, a leaderboard andmilestones displaying module 220, a nominating module 222, and a useractivities identifying module 224. The bus 201 a may include a path thatpermits communication among the modules of the content creation andbounties generation module 116 installed on the computing devices 102,104. The term “module” is used broadly herein and refers generally to aprogram resident in the memory 114 of the computing devices 102, 104.

The user registration module 202 may be configured to enable the user toregister on the content creation and bounties generation module 116installed on the computing devices 102, 104 by providing basic detailsof the user. The user authentication module 204 may be configured toenable the user to log in and access the content creation and bountiesgeneration module 116 installed on the computing devices 102, 104 byusing the user's user identity. The user profile module 206 may beconfigured to store the bounties of the user. The user profile module206 may be configured to allow the user to access the bounties. Themedia track selection and trimming module 208 may be configured to allowthe user to select and trim the media tracks. The media contentrecording module 210 may be configured to enable the user to create orrecord the content using the trimmed media tracks. The trimmed tracksmay include one or more music clips. The media content editing module212 may be configured to enable the user to edit the created content.The media content posting module 214 may be configured to allow the userto post the created content on the computing devices 102, 104. The mediacontent sharing module 216 may be configured to enable the user to sharethe user created content with other end users. The user locationtracking module 218 may be configured to track the location of thecomputing devices 102, 104. The leaderboard and milestones displayingmodule 220 may be configured to display the leaderboard to the user. Theleaderboard may include the details of the milestones and the detailsassociated with the bounties. The nominating module 222 may beconfigured to enable the user to nominate their favorite creators orother users for the awards or bounties. The user activities identifyingmodule 224 may be configured to identify the user activities and sendsto the server 108.

In accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the user activities monitoring module 118 includes a bus 201b, a media tracks providing module 226, a media content analysis module228, a user activities analysis module 230, an incentivized seriesproviding module 232, a milestones generating module 234, a milestonesmonitoring module 236, a bounties generating module 238, and a mediacontent validation module 240. The bus 201 b may include a path thatpermits communication among the modules of the user activitiesmonitoring module 118 installed on the sever 108.

In accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure, the media tracks providing module 226 may be configured toretrieve media tracks with bounties details and delivers to thecomputing device. The media content analysis module 228 may beconfigured to analyze the user posted content on the computing device.The user activities analysis module 230 may be configured to analyze theuser activities. The activities may include watching time of theincentivized videos. The incentivized series providing module 232 may beconfigured to provide incentivized video series with customized bountiesto the computing device. The milestones generating module 234 may beconfigured to generate milestones to the user based on the user postedcontent. The milestones generating module 234 may be configured togenerate milestones to the user based on the analyzed results of themedia content analysis module 228. The milestones generating module 234may be configured to generate milestones to the user based on theengagement of the user posted content. The milestones generating module234 may be configured to add the user a first highest or a secondhighest milestone winner slots based on the user milestones. Themilestones monitoring module 236 may be configured to monitor andcalculate the milestone of the user. The milestones monitoring module236 may be configured to detect the completion of the winner slots ofthe milestones. The bounties generating module 238 may be configured tooffer the bounties to the user based on the milestones of the user. Thebounties generating module 238 may be configured to freezing themilestones on the leaderboard. The bounties generating module 238 may beconfigured to offer the bounties to the user based on the user view timeof the incentivized video series. The media content validation module240 may be configured to validate the user created content.

In accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure, offering the one or more bounties to the user based on theuser activities. The user activities may include accessing the icons,trimming the media track, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 3 is a flow diagram 300 depicting a method foroffering bounties to a user in real-time, in accordance with one or moreexemplary embodiments. The method 300 may be carried out in the contextof the details of FIG. 1, and FIG. 2. However, the method 300 may alsobe carried out in any desired environment. Further, the aforementioneddefinitions may equally apply to the description below.

The method commences at step 302, enabling the user to request mediatracks on the computing device by the content creation and bountiesgeneration module. Thereafter at step 304, retrieving the media trackswith bounties details by the user activities monitoring module enabledin the server. Thereafter at step 306, delivering the media tracks withthe bounties details to the computing device from the server over thenetwork. Thereafter at step 308, displaying the media tracks with thebounties details on the computing device by the content creation andbounties generation module. Thereafter at step 310, allowing the user toaccess the media tracks on the computing device by the content creationand bounties generation module. Thereafter at step 312, allowing theuser to select and trim the media tracks by the content creation andbounties generation module. Thereafter at step 314, allowing the user tocreate the content using the trimmed media tracks by the contentcreation and bounties generation module. Thereafter at step 316,validating the user created content by the user activities monitoringmodule. Thereafter at step 318, allowing the user to post the createdcontent on the computing device by the content creation and bountiesgeneration module. Thereafter at step 320, generating milestones to theuser by the user activities monitoring module based on the contentposted by the user on the computing device. Thereafter at step 322,monitoring the milestones of the user by the user activities monitoringmodule. Thereafter at step 324, offering the bounties to the user uponreaching the one or more milestones by the user activities monitoringmodule.

Referring to FIG. 4 is a flow diagram 400 depicting a method foraccessing media tracks and posting the content, in accordance with oneor more exemplary embodiments. The method 400 may be carried out in thecontext of the details of FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3. However, themethod 400 may also be carried out in any desired environment. Further,the aforementioned definitions may equally apply to the descriptionbelow.

The method commences at step 402, enabling the user to access the bountyicon by the content creation and bounties generation module. Thereafterat step 404, retrieving the media tracks with bounties details by themedia tracks providing module. Thereafter at step 406, delivering themedia tracks with the bounties details to the computing device from themedia tracks providing module. Thereafter at step 408, displaying themedia tracks on the computing device by the content creation andbounties generation module. Thereafter at step 410, allowing the user toaccess the media tracks on the computing device by the content creationand bounties generation module. Thereafter at step 412, allowing theuser to select and trim the media tracks by the media track selectionand trimming module. Thereafter at step 414, allowing the user to createthe content using the trimmed media tracks by the media contentrecording module. Thereafter at step 416, enabling the user to edit thecreated content by the media content editing module. Thereafter at step418, validating the user created content by the media content validationmodule. Thereafter at step 420, allowing the user to post the createdcontent on the computing device by the media content posting module.Thereafter at step 422, generating the milestones to the user based onthe user posted content by the milestones generating module. Thereafterat step 424, analyzing the user posted content by the media contentanalysis module. Thereafter at step 426, generating the milestones tothe user based on the analyzed results by the milestones generatingmodule. Thereafter at step 428, monitoring the milestones of the user bythe milestones monitoring module. Thereafter at step 430, offeringbounties to the user upon reaching the one or more milestones by thebounties generating module.

Referring to FIG. 5 is a flow diagram depicting a method for generatingmilestones and adding the user to winner slots of milestones, inaccordance with one or more exemplary embodiments. The method 500 may becarried out in the context of the details of FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, andFIG. 4. However, the method 500 may also be carried out in any desiredenvironment. Further, the aforementioned definitions may equally applyto the description below.

The method commences at step 502, allowing the user to post the contenton the computing device by the media content posting module. Thereafterat step 504, generating the milestones to the user based on the userposted content and engagement of that posted content by the milestonesgenerating module. Thereafter at step 506, displaying the generatedmilestones to the user on the leaderboard by the leaderboard andmilestones displaying module. Determining whether a first highestmilestone winner slots are full or not, at step 508. If answer at step508 is Yes, the method continues at step 512, adding the user to thesecond highest milestone winner slots by the milestones generatingmodule. If answer at step 508 is No, the method continues at step 510,adding the user to the first highest milestone winner slots by themilestones generating module. Thereafter at step 514, detectingcompletion of the winner slots of the milestone by the milestonesmonitoring module. Thereafter at step 516 freezing the milestones on theleaderboard and offering bounties to the user based on the milestones bythe bounties generating module.

Referring to FIG. 6 is a flow diagram depicting a method for providingincentivized series to the user by an incentivized series providingmodule, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments. The method600 may be carried out in the context of the details of FIG. 1, FIG. 2,FIG. 3, FIG. 4, and FIG. 5. However, the method 600 may also be carriedout in any desired environment. Further, the aforementioned definitionsmay equally apply to the description below.

The method commences at step 602, providing incentivized video serieswith customized bounties to the computing device by the incentivizedseries providing module. Thereafter at step 604, displaying theincentivized video series as inline notifications with the customizedbounties on the computing device by the content creation and bountiesgeneration module. Thereafter at step 606, allowing the user to selectwatch or skip option to watch or skip the incentivized video series bythe content creation and bounties generation module. Determining whetherthe user selected the watch option, at step 608. If answer at step 608is Yes, the method continues at step 610, redirecting the user to thefirst episode of the incentivized video series by the content creationand bounties generation module. Thereafter at step 612, allowing theuser to watch episodes of the incentivized video series by the contentcreation and bounties generation module. Thereafter at step 614,offering bounties to the user based on the view time of the incentivizedvideo series by the bounties generating module. Thereafter at step 616,redirecting the user to the leader board or drops-off before watchingthe incentivized episodes by the content creation and bountiesgeneration module. Thereafter at step 618, sending the reminder to theuser after watching the total series for a predetermined time. If answerat step 608 is No, the method reverts at step 606.

Referring to FIG. 7 is a block diagram 700 illustrating the details of adigital processing system 700 in which various aspects of the presentdisclosure are operative by execution of appropriate softwareinstructions. The Digital processing system 700 may correspond to thefirst computing devices 102, 104 (or any other system in which thevarious features disclosed above can be implemented).

Digital processing system 700 may contain one or more processors such asa central processing unit (CPU) 710, random access memory (RAM) 720,secondary memory 730, graphics controller 760, display unit 770, networkinterface 780, and input interface 790. All the components exceptdisplay unit 770 may communicate with each other over communication path750, which may contain several buses as is well known in the relevantarts. The components of FIG. 7 are described below in further detail.

CPU 710 may execute instructions stored in RAM 720 to provide severalfeatures of the present disclosure. CPU 710 may contain multipleprocessing units, with each processing unit potentially being designedfor a specific task. Alternatively, CPU 710 may contain only a singlegeneral-purpose processing unit.

RAM 720 may receive instructions from secondary memory 730 usingcommunication path 750. RAM 720 is shown currently containing softwareinstructions, such as those used in threads and stacks, constitutingshared environment 725 and/or user programs 726. Shared environment 725includes operating systems, device drivers, virtual machines, etc.,which provide a (common) run time environment for execution of userprograms 726.

Graphics controller 760 generates display signals (e.g., in RGB format)to display unit 770 based on data/instructions received from CPU 710.Display unit 770 contains a display screen to display the images definedby the display signals. Input interface 790 may correspond to a keyboardand a pointing device (e.g., touch-pad, mouse) and may be used toprovide inputs. Network interface 780 provides connectivity to a network(e.g., using Internet Protocol), and may be used to communicate withother systems (such as those shown in FIG. 1) connected to the network106.

Secondary memory 730 may contain hard drive 735, flash memory 736, andremovable storage drive 737. Secondary memory 730 may store the datasoftware instructions (e.g., for performing the actions noted above withrespect to the Figures), which enable digital processing system 700 toprovide several features in accordance with the present disclosure.

Some or all of the data and instructions may be provided on removablestorage unit 740, and the data and instructions may be read and providedby removable storage drive 737 to CPU 710. Floppy drive, magnetic tapedrive, CD-ROM drive, DVD Drive, Flash memory, removable memory chip(PCMCIA Card, EEPROM) are examples of such removable storage drive 737.

Removable storage unit 740 may be implemented using medium and storageformat compatible with removable storage drive 737 such that removablestorage drive 737 can read the data and instructions. Thus, removablestorage unit 740 includes a computer readable (storage) medium havingstored therein computer software and/or data. However, the computer (ormachine, in general) readable medium can be in other forms (e.g.,non-removable, random access, etc.).

In this document, the term “computer program product” is used togenerally refer to removable storage unit 740 or hard disk installed inhard drive 735. These computer program products are means for providingsoftware to digital processing system 700. CPU 710 may retrieve thesoftware instructions, and execute the instructions to provide variousfeatures of the present disclosure described above.

The term “storage media/medium” as used herein refers to anynon-transitory media that store data and/or instructions that cause amachine to operate in a specific fashion. Such storage media maycomprise non-volatile media and/or volatile media. Non-volatile mediaincludes, for example, optical disks, magnetic disks, or solid-statedrives, such as storage memory 730. Volatile media includes dynamicmemory, such as RAM 720. Common forms of storage media include, forexample, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, solid-state drive,magnetic tape, or any other magnetic data storage medium, a CD-ROM, anyother optical data storage medium, any physical medium with patterns ofholes, a RAM, a PROM, and EPROM, a FLASH-EPROM, NVRAM, any other memorychip or cartridge.

Storage media is distinct from but may be used in conjunction withtransmission media. Transmission media participates in transferringinformation between storage media. For example, transmission mediaincludes coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including thewires that comprise bus (communication path) 750. Transmission media canalso take the form of acoustic or light waves, such as those generatedduring radio-wave and infra-red data communications.

According to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, enabling theuser to request one or more media tracks on a computing device by acontent creation and bounties generation module 116.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,retrieving the one or more media tracks with bounties details by a useractivities monitoring module 118 enabled in a server 108.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,delivering the one or more media tracks with the bounties details to thecomputing device from the server 108 over a network 106, therebydisplaying the one or more media tracks with the bounties details on thecomputing device by the content creation and bounties generation module116.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to access the one or more media tracks on thecomputing device by the content creation and bounties generation module116.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to select and trim the one or more media tracks by thecontent creation and bounties generation module 116.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to create a content using the one or more trimmedmedia tracks by the content creation and bounties generation module 116.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,validating the user created content by the user activities monitoringmodule 118 enabled in the server 108.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,allowing the user to post the created content on the computing device bythe content creation and bounties generation module 116.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,generating one or more milestones to the user by the user activitiesmonitoring module 118 based on the content posted by the user on thecomputing device.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,monitoring the one or more milestones of the user by the user activitiesmonitoring module 118.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure,offering one or more bounties to the user upon reaching the one or moremilestones by the user activities monitoring module 118.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, acomputing device configured to establish communication with a server 108over a network 106, whereby the computing device comprises a memory 114configured to store multimedia content captured using a camera 112.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, thecomputing device comprises a content creation and bounties generationmodule configured to enable a user to access a bounty icon, whereby thecontent creation and bounties generation module 116 configured toreceive one or more media tracks with bounties details from the server108, the content creation and bounties generation module 116 configuredto allow the user to access, select and trim the one or more mediatracks on the computing device, the content creation and bountiesgeneration module configured 116 to enable the user to create a contentby using the one or more trimmed media tracks and to post the createdcontent on the computing device.

According to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, theserver 108 comprises a user activities monitoring module 118 configuredto validate the user posted content and generates one or more milestonesto the user based on the user posted content, the user activitiesmonitoring module 118 configured to analyze the user content posted onthe computing device and generates the one or more milestones to theuser based on the one or more user activities, the user activitiesmonitoring module 118 also configured to generate one or more bountiesto the user upon reaching one or more milestones.

Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment”, “anembodiment”, or similar language means that a particular feature,structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodimentis included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus,appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment”, “in an embodiment” andsimilar language throughout this specification may, but do notnecessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.

Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics ofthe disclosure may be combined in any suitable manner in one or moreembodiments. In the above description, numerous specific details areprovided such as examples of programming, software modules, userselections, network transactions, database queries, database structures,hardware modules, hardware circuits, hardware chips, etc., to provide athorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure.

Although the present disclosure has been described in terms of certainpreferred embodiments and illustrations thereof, other embodiments andmodifications to preferred embodiments may be possible that are withinthe principles and spirit of the invention. The above descriptions andfigures are therefore to be regarded as illustrative and notrestrictive.

Thus the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appendedclaims and includes both combinations and sub-combinations of thevarious features described hereinabove as well as variations andmodifications thereof, which would occur to persons skilled in the artupon reading the foregoing description.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for offering bounties to a user inreal-time, comprising: enabling the user to request one or more mediatracks on a computing device by a content creation and bountiesgeneration module; retrieving the one or more media tracks with bountiesdetails by a user activities monitoring module enabled in a server;delivering the one or more media tracks with the bounties details to thecomputing device from the server over a network, thereby displaying theone or more media tracks with the bounties details on the computingdevice by the content creation and bounties generation module; allowingthe user to access the one or more media tracks on the computing deviceby the content creation and bounties generation module; allowing theuser to select and trim the one or more media tracks by the contentcreation and bounties generation module; allowing the user to create acontent using the one or more trimmed media tracks by the contentcreation and bounties generation module; validating the user createdcontent by the user activities monitoring module enabled in the server;allowing the user to post the created content on the computing device bythe content creation and bounties generation module; generating one ormore milestones to the user by the user activities monitoring modulebased on the content posted by the user on the computing device;monitoring the one or more milestones of the user by the user activitiesmonitoring module; and offering one or more bounties to the user uponreaching the one or more milestones by the user activities monitoringmodule.
 2. The method of claim 1, comprising a step of enabling the userto access a bounty icon by the content creation and bounties generationmodule.
 3. The method of claim 1, comprising a step of delivering theone or more media tracks, hashtags, prompts, templates, and films withthe bounties details to the computing device by a media tracks providingmodule enabled in the server over the network.
 4. The method of claim 1,comprising a step of allowing the user to select and trim the one ormore media tracks by a media track selection and trimming module.
 5. Themethod of claim 1, comprising a step of allowing the user to create thecontent using the one or more trimmed media tracks by a media contentrecording module.
 6. The method of claim 1, comprising a step ofvalidating the user created content by a media content validationmodule.
 7. The method of claim 1, comprising a step of allowing the userto post the created content on the computing device by a media contentposting module.
 8. The method of claim 1, comprising a step of analyzingthe user posted content by a media content analysis module.
 9. Themethod of claim 1, comprising a step of generating the one or moremilestones to the user by a milestones generating module based on theuser posted content and the analyzed results.
 10. The method of claim 9,comprising a step of displaying the one or more generated milestones tothe user on a leaderboard by a leaderboard and milestones displayingmodule.
 11. The method of claim 10, comprising a step of adding the useras at least one of: a first highest milestone winner slots; and a secondhighest milestone winner slots by the milestones generating module. 12.The method of claim 1, comprising a step of monitoring the one or moremilestones of the user by a milestones monitoring module.
 13. The methodof claim 12, comprising a step of freezing the one or more milestones onthe leaderboard and offering one or more bounties to the user by abounties generating module.
 14. The method of claim 1, comprising a stepof offering the one or more bounties to the user based on the useractivities by the bounties generating module.
 15. The method of claim 1,comprising a step of providing incentivized video series with customizedbounties to the computing device by an incentivized series providingmodule enabled in the server.
 16. The method of claim 15, comprising astep of displaying the incentivized video series as inline notificationswith the customized bounties on the computing device by the contentcreation and bounties generation module.
 17. The method of claim 16,comprising a step of allowing the user to watch one or more episodes ofthe incentivized video series on the computing device by the contentcreation and bounties generation module.
 18. The method of claim 17,comprising a step of offering the one or more bounties to the user basedon the view time of the incentivized video series by the bountiesgenerating module.
 19. A system for offering bounties to a user inreal-time, comprising: a computing device configured to establishcommunication with a server over a network, whereby the computing devicecomprises a memory configured to store multimedia content captured usinga camera; the computing device comprises a content creation and bountiesgeneration module configured to enable a user to access a bounty icon,whereby the content creation and bounties generation module configuredto receive one or more media tracks with bounties details from theserver, the content creation and bounties generation module configuredto allow the user to access, select and trim the one or more mediatracks on the computing device, the content creation and bountiesgeneration module configured to enable the user to create a content byusing the one or more trimmed media tracks and to post the createdcontent on the computing device; and the server comprises a useractivities monitoring module configured to validate the user postedcontent and generates one or more milestones to the user based on theuser posted content, whereby the user activities monitoring moduleconfigured to analyze the user content posted on the computing deviceand generates the one or more milestones to the user based on the one ormore user activities, the user activities monitoring module alsoconfigured to generate one or more bounties to the user upon reachingone or more milestones.
 20. A computer program product comprising anon-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readableprogram code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors,said program code including instructions to: enable a user to requestone or more media tracks on a computing device by a content creation andbounties generation module; retrieve one or more media tracks withbounties details by a user activities monitoring module enabled in aserver; deliver the one or more media tracks with bounties details tothe computing device from the server over a network, thereby display theone or more media tracks with the bounties details on the computingdevice by the content creation and bounties generation module; allow theuser to access the one or more media tracks on the computing device bythe content creation and bounties generation module; allow the user toselect and trim the one or more media tracks by the content creation andbounties generation module; enable the user to create a content usingthe one or more trimmed media tracks by the content creation andbounties generation module; validate the user created content by theuser activities monitoring module enabled in the server; allow the userto post the created content on the computing device by the contentcreation and bounties generation module; generate one or more milestonesto the user by the user activities monitoring module based on thecontent posted by the user on the computing device; monitor the one ormore milestones of the user by the user activities monitoring module;and offer one or more bounties to the user upon reaching the one or moremilestones by the user activities monitoring module.